pointless threads

But in your post you talked of people who didn't know what pornography was... my parents were much stricter than anyone else's I've known (e.g. I wasn't allowed to play violent computer games while I was at home, and I remember my brother getting into trouble for some magazines many years ago and I find it difficult to believe any adolescent wouldn't know what pornography is...

Eetu Pellonpää wrote: Maybe there should be a discussion area called "Discussions not related to anything"!

Yea, that would be a good one!

goose wrote: The Wizard wrote: innocent adolesents Sorry, I don't understand the concept...

he means small children. But the youngest one here that I know of is Bj. He's 15 and he's sick minded as hell

 

The gall of some people to tell other people what is or is not appropriate for them to discuss is what I consider offensive.  Here's a clue: if you find a thread offensive or not interesting, DON'T READ IT!  Does it get any more simple than that?  Last I checked, there is still an area on this forum to discuss things non-music related.   

Pr@gmatic wrote: Eetu Pellonpää wrote: Maybe there should be a discussion area called "Discussions not related to anything"!

This just shows how the site is degrading. The Mariah Carey thread was okay, but all these juvenile porno threads are crossing the lines by far! There are innocent adolesents visiting this site, and they probably dont even know what porn is. This site is for discussing music, and while its okay to have fun and make jokes, sometimes the line of decency is crossed. I'm dissaointed, and I think there should be a thread police.

 

The Miracle wrote: ^Indeed I didn't mean exactly "useless", more "pointless". Technocally any thread is useless, you're not gonna eat it, right? Many members were annoyed by that, so this was supposed to be the place to express it.

Actually, I've been eating a few threads; hope nobody minds...

^Indeed

I didn't mean exactly "useless", more "pointless". Technically any thread is useless, you're not gonna eat it, right?

Many members were annoyed by that, so this was supposed to be the place to express it.

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Ed_The_Dead wrote: ^thank You, Stalin... THAT was what bothered me most, sadly...

A Pole calling me Stalin! Ouch! You really know how to hurt a guy! 

But seriously, Stalin was hardly a philospher king, more like a mafia kingpin with a bunch of goons armed with high powered weapons.

But, look, someone's got to ensure this site is interesting and intriguing to a wide group of prog fans, not turn into a free-form bulletin board for someone who wants to indulge in scatological prog "humor."

Also, re. your response, I'm not sure what "bothered you most sadly"...was it my reference to yanking?

BaldJean wrote: I would like to know who decides what is "useless" and what not. should there be a poll on threads, and would a two third or even a 75% majority of agreement be necessary for a thread to be branded "useless"? the point I want to make is that what may seem useless to one may not be useless for someone else. while I certainly understand some posts are in questionable taste and shouild perhaps not be subject of discussion, at least not in this forum, it is also very difficult to draw the line. I am generally of a rather permissive nature, but I certainly would not be pleased if, for example, someone advocated "rape" in here

I like the way it is now...Tony R. just goes in to the thread, writes a bit of justification, and then pulls the plug on it---yanks it real hard, like he's starting a lawn mower!

This is the best way. Trying to get a majority opinion is completely impracticle. I support the idea of a philosopher king as leader of the website, someone who has overall power to guide it in a healthy way, keep it from degenerating into the usual South Park toilet-humor idiocy one finds all over the net, and sometimes here.